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A man with long dark hair, a full beard and a red bindi sits with eyes closed on an ornate gilded throne with a rounded back carved in scrolling patterns. Two gilded lion heads flank the top of the throne, and gilded lion figures rest at its base. He wears a rust-red saffron-toned robe, a heavy brown rudraksha mala draped to his waist and a gold pendant necklace. A gilded deity murti stands partly visible behind him, with red curtains and tasselled hangings in red, green, blue and orange at the sides. A gold trident and a gilded kalasha-like ornament appear at the edges. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated on a throne in a saffron-toned robe with rudraksha mala and gold necklace, with a bindi on the forehead.